Jeremy Duckworth is experienced in economic development, workforce development, and retail recruiting. He comes to the Central Alabama Redevelopment Alliance after serving as the Chairman of the Fairfield Business Alliance, and Executive Director ofthe Western Communities Redevelopment Alliance.

Jeremy graduated from Auburn University’s Intensive Economic Development Course and seeks to apply all that he learns to support and increase the capacity of micro businesses, small businesses, and economically challenged rural and urban municipalities by removing barriers to capital (financial, social, and human) therefore building capacity for economic viability. Jeremy believes that he must use all his gifts, talents, and abilities to invest in the progression of present and future economic development in central Alabama; and, that cycles of lack are broken by equipping others with the tools needed to receive and pass on various forms of wealth, for generations to come. These beliefs are results of numerous examples of those who made similar investments in his family, beginning with his great-grandfather.

Jeremy is dedicated and enthusiastic about capacity building and developing partnerships to provide much needed resources to support the economic sustainability of stressed communities. He originally hails from a small town in Mississippi, and now resides in the Birmingham Metro area with his wife and three children.